Setup Utility; Flash Implementation; Upgrade Utility - Intel BP4S33AT Technical Product Summary

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NTEL RODUCTS AND
The auto-configuration routine operates in conjunction with an ISA configuration utility. This utility enables the user
to specify the ISA options used, and ties into the PCI configuration software transparently to provide seamless add-in
card installation.

SETUP UTILITY

Classic/PCI i486 Baby-AT incorporates many commonly used system setup features into the FLASH EEPROM. The
BIOS SETUP Program has been enhanced and provides several new options to take advantage of the Classic/PCI
i486 Baby-AT Motherboard's new features. New options include:
• Auto configuration of IDE hard disks.
• Support for four IDE disk drives (primary and secondary)
• Serial Port 1 -- Enable/Disable
• Serial Port 2 -- Enable/Disable
• Parallel Port -- Enable/Disable, Bi-directional/Output only
• Cache/Shadow Memory Option -- Provides the user the option to assign a block of addresses below the 1 MB
boundary as non-shadowed, non-cached. Primarily used for expansion card ROM which causes timing issues
when shadowed and cached.
• ISA interrupts - Allows ISA interrupts IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ15 to be assigned to add-in ISA adapters, thereby
informing the PCI configuration utility which interrupts not to use.
The setup utility is accessible only during the Power-On Self Test by pressing the <F1> key anytime after the POST
memory test has begun and before boot begins. For security purposes, access to SETUP can be disabled via a jumper
on the motherboard. The ROM-based setup allows the system configuration to be modified without opening the
system for most basic changes. Setup options are detailed in the Appendices.

FLASH IMPLEMENTATION

The Intel 28F001BXT 1 Mb FLASH component is organized as 128K x 8 (128 KB). The Flash device is divided into
five areas, as described in Table 2.
System Address
F0000H
EE000H
ED000H
EC000H
E0000H
The FLASH device resides in system memory in two 64 KB segments starting at E0000H, and is distributed in two
different organizations, depending on the mode of operation. In Normal Mode address line A16 is inverted,
switching the E000H and F000H segments so that the BIOS is organized as shown in the system address column
above. Recovery mode removes the inversion on address line A16, swapping the E000H and F000H segments so that
the 8 KB boot block resides at FE000H where the i486 expects the bootstrap loader to exist. This mode is only
necessary in the unlikely event that a BIOS upgrade procedure is interrupted, causing the BIOS area to be left in an
unusable state. For information on recovering the BIOS in the event of a catastrophic failure, refer to the Appendices.

UPGRADE UTILITY

FLASH memory brings new opportunities for distributing BIOS upgrades. Installing a new version of BIOS will no
longer require removal of the system cover and the replacement of EPROM's. Instead, the upgrade can be done
completely from a floppy diskette. Easy access to BIOS upgrades will be available through download able files on
the iPAN bulletin board.
Security is provided in two ways. First, the FLASH upgrade utility insures the upgrade BIOS matches the target
system to prevent accidentally installing a BIOS for a different type of system.
unauthorized changes to the BIOS is provided via a write protect jumper on the motherboard. The default setting is
to allow BIOS upgrades. A recovery jumper is provided to recover from the unlikely event of an unsuccessful BIOS
upgrade. It forces the ROM decode to access a 32 KB block of write protected code in the FLASH device that
facilitates recovery. The default value for this jumper (RV) is for "normal" mode (note: this jumper is not changed
during normal BIOS updates, it is used only if a problem is encountered).
The disk-based FLASH upgrade utility (FMUP.EXE; download able from iPAN) has three options for BIOS
upgrades:
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ERVICES IVISION
FFFFFH
EFFFFH 8 KB Boot Block (Not FLASH erasable)
EDFFFH
ECFFFH
EBFFFH
Table 1. Flash Memory Organization
PRELIMINARY - R
FLASH Memory Area
64 KB Main BIOS
4 KB Parameter Block (used for PCI)
4 KB Flash User Area
System BIOS
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